Belleville News-Democrat

Black Democrats from East St. Louis have held the 114th seat in the Illinois House for the last 47 years.

Included in the listing are the main hall building, the open-air storage shed, the former Quality Rental building, the dirt racetrack, and multiple outbuildings.

Skate City is known to have the “smoothest concrete in the United States,” and is East St Louis’ lone skating rink.

July’s floods affected about 700 homes to some extent region wide — and residents filed more than 14,000 requests in the first four weeks after the flood.

The newly drawn 13th Congressional District includes parts of St. Clair, Madison, Champaign, Macon, Piatt and Sangamon counties and all of Macoupin County. Voters will decide between Democrat Nikki Budzinski and Republican Regan Deering in the Nov. 8 election.

District 11 serves Bond, Clinton, Madison, Monroe and St. Clair counties.

In the wake of the storm, warehouse employees and supporters of labor said the building should have included a protective shelter, even though building codes do not require them.

The agreement for the state funding includes a requirement for the city to be transparent with residents about how they’re spending the money.

The Illinois Department of Transportation will move human remains left behind during a 1960s cemetery relocation, erect a monument to Black and poor people buried in the vicinity — and include a pedestrian sidewalk and shoulder space for bicycles on the new Illinois 111 bridge.

The state is also offering a virtual multi-agency resource center for residents.